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   Sample (?), n. [OE. sample, asaumple, OF. essample, example, fr. L. exemplum. See Example, and cf. Ensample, Sampler.]
   1. Example; pattern. [Obs.] Spenser. “A sample to the youngest.” Shak.
   
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   Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight
   
   His sample followed. Fairfax.
   
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   2. A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, “goods are often purchased by samples”.
   
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   I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss. Woodward.
   
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   Syn. -- Specimen; example. See Specimen.
   
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   Sample, v. t.
   1. To make or show something similar to; to match. Bp. Hall.
   
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   2. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, “to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths”.
   
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